Archive for the 'Economy' Category
General Strikes in Spain and Portugal
November 14th, 2012Via: BBC: Workers across the European Union are staging a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures. General strikes in Spain and Portugal halted transport, businesses and schools and led to clashes between police and protesters in Madrid. Smaller strikes were reported in Greece, Italy and Belgium, and rallies were planned […]
Five Really Cool Inventions Being Developed In Metro Detroit
November 14th, 2012Via: Metromode: They actually make things here. Cool things. Things that may have no commercial value, or they may be market-ready. The idea may not originate here, but innovators find a way to make it happen at places like TechShop and i3Detroit, or in garages and school shops. That’s one thing that Metro Detroit has […]
Foxconn Begins Deploying Robots
November 14th, 2012Via: Singularity Hub: It appears as if Gou has started the ball in motion. Since the announcement, a first batch of 10,000 robots — aptly named Foxbots — appear to have made its way into at least one factory, and by the end of 2012, another 20,000 more will be installed.
Mind-Controlled Robot Avatars Inch Towards Reality
November 14th, 2012Life imitating art: Sleep Dealer Avatar Surrogates Via: Gizmag: Researchers at the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory (a collaboration between France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) are developing software that allows a person to drive a robot with their thoughts alone. The technology could one […]
Malaysia: ‘Smart Village’ Offers World Model for Rural Poverty Relief
November 13th, 2012I was intrigued by their food production methods. They make extensive use of Autopot hydroponic systems. This looks very impressive. Via: Press Release – Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology: An innovative, high-tech “smart village” built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable environment, say international experts meeting […]
SPAIN SUSPENDS HOUSE EVICTIONS FOR TWO YEARS
November 12th, 2012Via: BBC: Spanish banks are to suspend evictions for the next two years for the most vulnerable people. An estimated 350,000 families have been evicted from their homes since Spain’s property market crashed in 2008, at the beginning of the economic crisis. The announcement comes three days after a woman in northern Spain took her […]
‘The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years’
November 11th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. … Agarwal believes that education is about to change dramatically. The reason is the power of the Web and its associated data-crunching technologies. Thanks to these changes, it’s now possible to stream video classes with sophisticated interactive elements, and researchers can scoop up […]
Mexico’s New President Set to Empower a ‘Devil’s Cartel’
November 11th, 2012Via: Narcosphere: Baruch Vega, a long-time CIA operative, has raised a red flag over the incoming president of Mexico’s decision to employ the former head of the Colombian National Police, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, as his security advisor in the war on drugs. “I do not think Naranjo will be running a war against drugs,” Vega […]
The Distribution of Economic Pain From the Financial Crisis in One Chart
November 11th, 2012Via: Jesse’s Café Américain: No wonder the wealthiest ten percent feel so clever, and even perhaps triumphant. The collapse caused by the widespread banking fraud has barely affected them, whereas it wiped out most of the last ten years of growth in the middle class and the poor. Research Credit: pookie
Mexican Hitman Claims Cartels Bought Guns from U.S. Border Patrol
November 11th, 2012Via: Wired: The testimony of a Mexican hitman turned US government witness has revealed some astonishing details of life inside Mexico’s criminal underworld. Most astonishing of all: claims that cartel assassins obtained guns from the US Border Patrol. According to Mexican magazine Revista Contralinea, the testimony comes from a protected government witness and former hitman, […]
